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/**
 * Copyright (C) 2012 Happy Coding <contact@happy-coding.com>
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.happy_coding.viralo.twitter;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import twitter4j.Twitter;
import twitter4j.TwitterException;
import twitter4j.TwitterFactory;

/**
 * The class responsible for following friends.
 */
public class FriendFollower {

    /**
     * Logger.
     */
    private Logger logger;

    public FriendFollower() {
        logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
    }

    /**
     * Follows the friends.
     *
     * @param myContact
     * @return
     */
    public Boolean follow(Contact myContact) {
        Twitter twitter = new TwitterFactory().getInstance();
        try {
            logger.debug("Create friendship for " + myContact.getUid());
            twitter.createFriendship(myContact.getUid());
        } catch (TwitterException e) {
            logger.error("Can't follow contact " + myContact.getUid(), e);
            return Boolean.FALSE;
        }
        return Boolean.TRUE;
    }

    /**
     * Unfollows the contact.
     *
     * @param myContact
     * @return
     */
    public Boolean unfollow(Contact myContact) {

        Twitter twitter = new TwitterFactory().getInstance();
        try {
            logger.debug("remove friendship for " + myContact.getUid());
            twitter.destroyFriendship(myContact.getUid());
        } catch (TwitterException e) {
            logger.error("can't unfollow contact " + myContact.getUid(), e);
            return Boolean.FALSE;
        }
        return Boolean.TRUE;
    }
}